Fernando de Ornelas

Fernando de Ornelas
	De Ornelas lining up for Venezuela at the 2007 Copa América
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Franco de Ornelas
Date of birth	29 July 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Caracas, Venezuela
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1996	Marítimo Caracas
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	UA Tachira
1997–1998	Marítimo Caracas
1998–1999	South China
1999	Crystal Palace
2000	Celtic
2001	South China
2001	Queens Park Rangers
2002	Marítimo
2003	Gansu Tianma
2003	FC Nürnberg
2004–2005	Olympiakos Nicosia
2005–2008	Odd Grenland
2008	Monagas
2009	Zulia
2009–2010	Mjøndalen
Total
International career‡
1999–2007	Venezuela
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2009; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 April 2009

Fernando Franco de Ornelas (born 29 July 1976 in Caracas), is a retired Venezuelan football player.^[2]

Club career

De Ornelas has played for clubs in several countries in his career, such as Norwegian Odd Grenland and Hong Kong First Division League giant South China. He has had short spells with Crystal Palace, Celtic and Queens Park Rangers, Olympiakos Nicosia, and played for two teams called Marítimo, CS Marítimo of Portugal and Marítimo Caracas.

Retirement

After finishing his career as a footballer, de Ornelas settled in Bamble, Norway. He currently works as a Pentecostal pastor in a Norwegian free church.^[3]

International goals


No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 June 1999	Misael Delgado, Valencia, Venezuela	Peru	3–0	3–0	Friendly
2.	10 August 2000	Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1–4	1–5	Friendly
3.	6 September 2006	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Austria	0–1	0–1	Friendly
4.	28 March 2007	José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	New Zealand	2–0	5–0	Friendly
5.	28 March 2007	José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	New Zealand	3–0	5–0	Friendly

References

^ "Fernando de Ornelas". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^ "De Ornelas til Mjøndalen". 100% Fotball (in Norwegian). fvn.no. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
^ "Fernando De Ornelas Franco". PFF (in Norwegian Bokmål). 8 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

External links

Fernando de Ornelas at Soccerbase
Fernando de Ornelas at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Fernando de Ornelas". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[2] "De Ornelas til Mjøndalen". 100% Fotball (in Norwegian). fvn.no. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[3] "Fernando De Ornelas Franco". PFF (in Norwegian Bokmål). 8 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

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